Button.



1. L. & P. HILDNER.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6, 1914.

Patnted May 26, 1914:

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T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN L. HILDNER and FREDERICK HILDNER, subjects of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to buttons, designed for use more particularly, with link cuffs, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide a button comprising a U shaped body portion adapted to extend around the outer edges of the two members of the cuff, and to be provided with a hinged bar to extend through the button holes of the cuff, said bar being held in engagement with the cuff by means of a pivoted hook or latch.

Another object of the invent-ion is to provide the link cuff but-ton which can be quickly connected to the cuff and which can not be accidentally disconnected, or a part of the button lost.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the button shown connected to two members of a cuff, and the latter broken away, Fi 2 is aview looking at the inner side or edge of the button, Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view showing the manner of holding the end of the hinged bar in place by means of the pivoted latch, and Fig. 4 is an inner edge view sho ing the pivoted latch swung into position to permit the bar to be moved on its hinged oint for connection to a cuff.

. Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a bar of suitable metal bent into the form of a U, and which may be ornamented in any suitable manner to provide an attractive but-ton. Hinged to one end of the bar 1 on a pin 2, is a cross bar 3, said cross bar having an enlarged end 4 between the spaced lugs 5 on the ends of the member 1. A pivoted latch 6 is mounted upon a Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 6, 1914.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Serial No. 810.634.

screw or pin 7 connected to one end of the U-shaped member 1. The latch 6 is provided with a pointed end 8, while the opposite end is rounded as at 9.

In order to connect the button to a link cuff, a, the latch 6 is turned on its pivot 7 to the position shown in Fig. 4, then the bar 3 may be moved on its hinge to extend substantially in line with one member of the U-shaped bar 1. The cross bar 3 is then inserted in the button holes of the cuff and after the bar 3 is thrown up against the opposite end of the U-shaped bar, the latch 6 is turned on its pivot to the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 to hold the cross bar against disconnection or movement on its hinge.

The invention is simple in construction, can be manufactured at low cost, is easy to operate, and is not liable to be lost.

What is claimed is:

1. A button comprising a U-shaped member, a cross bar hinged to one end of said member, and a pivoted latch on the opposite end of said member for holding the cross bar at right angles to said ends.

2. A button comprising a U-shaped member adapted to span the edges of a cufl, lugs on said U-shaped member, a cross bar having an enlarged end pivoted between the lugs on said U-shaped member, a latchpivoted to the U-shaped member for holding the cross bar into engagement with the button hole in the cuff.

3. A button comprising a U-shaped body portion adapted to span the edges of a cufi, a cross bar hinged to one end of said member and adapted to engage the opposite end of said member when passed through the button holes of a cuff and a latch pivoted to the last named member adapted to engage the end of the cross bar to prevent it from swinging on its hinge.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. HILDNER. FREDERICK HILDNER.

WVitnesses:

N. E. CARTER, W. S. HIoKMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

